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Visiting judge orders seized items from 2018 Madison County administration building raids be returned
Visiting Associate Judge Jerry Crisel of the Second Judicial Circuit ordered that all seized items during a series of 2018 raids at the Madison County administration building be returned -
Petrochemical companies accused of negligence, conspiracy in benzene lawsuit
EDWARDSVILLE – Various oil producers, refiners and distributors face a lawsuit over claims that they were involved in discharging benzene-containing products into the air and ground water around Wood River and other communities. -
Patient sues Gateway Regional Medical Center over alleged sores, ulcers
EDWARDSVILLE – A one-time patient at Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City is accusing the facility of allowing him to develop sores, ulcers and sepsis. -
Sidewalk fall prompts lawsuit against City of Alton
EDWARDSVILLE – A man claims the City of Alton failed to maintain a sidewalk, causing him to fall backwards and strike his head on the ground. -
Court records show Gori Properties prompt on taxes for more than $10 million in Madison County property, acquired in three years
EDWARDSVILLE – Randy Gori’s law firm contributed almost $160,000 to Illinois election campaigns last year, but he didn’t pay anything toward the 2018 property tax on the mansion owned by Randy and Beth Gori. -
Appellate court remands case, orders new counsel for federal inmate trying to get FOIA information into court
MT VERNON — The Fifth District Appellate Court remanded a case involving a federal inmate serving time in North Carolina who is trying to present new information he allegedly uncovered via a Freedom of Information Act request into court. -
Circuit Judge Dugan to be nominated by Trump to serve at Southern District of Illinois
Madison County Circuit Judge Dave Dugan will be nominated to serve as a federal judge at the Southern District of Illinois. -
Godfrey attorney demands $1.5 million from founder of shuttered trucking company
EDWARDSVILLE – A Godfrey attorney is demanding the former owner of a shuttered trucking company to pay $1.5 million he allegedly owes under an indemnification agreement. -
Madison County real estate Dec. 20-27
An Alton apartment building sold for $675,000 as part of the Madison County real estate transactions Dec. 20-27. -
Madison County civil docket Feb. 10-14
Madison County judges Ruth, Dugan, Smith, and Harrison have law cases scheduled on the civil docket Feb. 10-14. -
Schuette appointed to judicial performance evaluation committee
Madison County Associate Judge Maureen Schuette was appointed a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee. -
Company faces serious allegations of racial harassment and retaliation
EDWARDSVILLE - Serious allegations of racial harassment, abuse and retaliation have been made by a worker employed at the southern Illinois facilities of a multinational power management company. -
Woman sues Circle K, alleging she hurt her foot in pothole on the premises
EDWARDSVILLE – A trip to a gas station has prompted a lawsuit by a customer who claims she fractured parts of her left foot in a pothole. -
Accident at high school soccer game prompts lawsuit
EDWARDSVILLE - A couple claim they a school district and an employee were negligent for allowing them to be carried in the bed of a utility vehicle which then allegedly tipped the pair on to the ground. -
Another company faces biometric privacy class action lawsuit
EDWARDSVILLE - A logistics company is facing the potential of a class action lawsuit over claims of violations of Illinois' biometric privacy act. -
Attorney fee dispute in retired judge's suit over fall at Alton pub sent to mediation
Retired Madison County judge Ralph J. Mendelsohn and the attorney who represented him in a settled suit alleging he fell on uneven steps at Morrison’s Irish Pub have been ordered to mediate a petition to enforce the attorney fee contract. -
Property owner argues woman's testimony grounds for summary judgment in suit accusing her of falling in a fight while intoxicated
An attorney for a deceased homeowner in a disputed trip and fall suit argues that the plaintiff's testimony that she does not know how she fell is grounds for summary judgment, calling her reasons for the alleged misstatement "absurd." -
Mudge affirmed at Fifth District in insurance dispute involving mesothelioma claim against Apex Oil
MOUNT VERNON – Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge correctly relieved Arrowood Indemnity of a duty to defend Apex Oil in a mesothelioma suit, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Jan. 27. -
Madison County ‘investigation’ is finally over, or is it?
Well, what was that all about? That’s what we’re wondering at the conclusion of a two-year investigation that the persons who started it seem reluctant to discontinue. -
Madison County real estate Dec. 13-19
An Edwardsville land parcel sold for $3,937,900 as part of the Madison County real estate transactions Dec. 13-19.